The Friends of Dacres Wood have there April open day coming up this Saturday – 1.00 pm to 4.00, so everyone is welcome to have a look round. The reserve is looking very spring like, but the paths are still flooded. We can lend wellies, and in kids sizes too. They are also planning a … Continue reading Dacres Wood Open Day – 30 April, 1pm-4pm
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River Clean-Up with Thames21 – Sunday 24 April, 10.00am- 1.00pm
Meet in the Park at the end of Malyons Road, close to the Adventure Playground and curly railway bridge. Come suitably dressed – though Thames 21 will provide waders/boots and other equipment and will give a short safety talk beforehand. No children under 12 unless supervised by a responsible adult. See you there! The Friends … Continue reading River Clean-Up with Thames21 – Sunday 24 April, 10.00am- 1.00pm
Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme – NOW OPEN!
The second round of funding for the Tesco Bags of Help scheme is now open Bags of Help is administered by Groundwork and funded by Tesco customers from the proceeds of the 5p charge for plastic carrier bags. The scheme is open to community groups across England, Wales and Scotland to apply for grants of £8,000, £10,000 … Continue reading Tesco’s Bags of Help scheme – NOW OPEN!
Crofton Park Railway Garden
Spring walk at Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Green Dale – Sunday 24 April, 10.30am-12.30pm
Discover London's urban wildlife during a walk at two very special and lesser-known green spaces Join us for a guided walk of this these fantastic urban wild places in conjunction with the Friends of Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Friends of Green Dale. These much-loved urban green spaces support a wide variety of wildlife: house … Continue reading Spring walk at Dog Kennel Hill Wood and Green Dale – Sunday 24 April, 10.30am-12.30pm
A year in the garden BBC documentary project
The BBC are searching for a row of suburban back gardens in or near London to take part in an exciting documentary following, recording and filming the natural history in your garden over the course of a year. If you are interested in wildlife, and want to know about what’s in your garden, we want … Continue reading A year in the garden BBC documentary project
London Wildlife Trust events
A new programme of events has been released. There are a number of guided walk in Sydenham Hill Woods including a bat walk and a dawn chorus walk. There are also two bat walks, one in Nunhead Cemetery and one in Sydenham Wells Park. Watch out for future posts on the blog or visit the London … Continue reading London Wildlife Trust events
Dawn chorus walk in Sydenham Hill Wood, Saturday 16 April – 4.45am-7am
Join the London Wildlife Trust for an early morning bird walk in the woods We'll be looking and listening out for the many species of birds that use the woods at this time of year. The dawn chorus is one of the most important dates in nature's calendar. Sydenham Hill Wood is a part ancient and secondary … Continue reading Dawn chorus walk in Sydenham Hill Wood, Saturday 16 April – 4.45am-7am
Crofton Park railway garden project
Work is underway to transform the site by Crofton Park Railway into an edible sensory garden. The neighbourhood forum are kick-starting the work by organising a number of volunteer big clearup days over the comming weeks. If you are about on one of these days and want to volunteer some time to help a community … Continue reading Crofton Park railway garden project
Address, location and transport options for Nature’s Gym sites
As mentioned in an earlier post, we have changed the design of the Nature's Gym programme. It no longer include the transport information for each site, but does contain more details on why we are doing the work we do and the management objectives that we are working towards. We did this as a result … Continue reading Address, location and transport options for Nature’s Gym sites
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